Mount Athos, a verdant peninsula in northern Greece, has been a center of Christian Orthodox monasticism for more than 1,000 ...

Clinging almost impossibly to a sheer cliff in northern Greece, the Monastery of Simonos Petra, also known as Simonopetra — ...

A monk has been hospitalized after an altercation at a monastic community in Greece, linked to a longstanding religious ...

The Monastery of Simonos Petra, also known as Simonopetra — or Simon’s Rock — transcends country-based branches of the Christian faith, embracing monks from across the world, including ...

Abbot of Simonos Petra since 2000, Eliseos has been living in the monastery since 1973. On Mount Athos: “Truly Mount Athos spiritually has no borders. It is a place, a center of Christian ...

MOUNT ATHOS, Greece (AP) — Mount Athos, a verdant peninsula in northern Greece, has been a center of Christian Orthodox monasticism for more than 1,000 years. The all-male autonomous community ...

But it is in one monastery — Simonos Petra — that the greatest range of nationalities reside. Abbot of Simonos Petra since 2000, Eliseos has been living in the monastery since 1973.

But it is in one monastery — Simonos Petra — that the greatest range of nationalities reside. On Mount Athos: “Truly Mount Athos spiritually has no borders. It is a place, a center of ...

But it is in one monastery — Simonos Petra — that the greatest range of nationalities reside. Here is a look at four of Simonos Petra's monks, and how they view Mount Athos: Archimandrite ...